Agriculture

Sector overview:

The Agriculture sector includes all energy consuming processes
related to Agriculture, as well as land use and non-energy
processes. Relative to the
UK, Agriculture is a more
important sector in Scotland. Scottish TIMES considers the energy
demands for heat and transport related to agricultural activities.
It also includes baseline land use emissions, as well as emissions
from agricultural practices. Non-energy emissions were calculated
exogenously following discussion with sector teams and mapped into
Scottish TIMES.

Data inputs and additional constraints since the Draft
Plan:

We have incorporated the latest 2015 Greenhouse Gas Inventory
data, which has resulted in a revised emissions profile for
non-energy agricultural emissions.

Agricultural transport and heat data has been inherited from
UK TIMES, while fuel
efficiency data has been adapted from figures sourced from
Scotland's Rural College. Since the Draft Plan, the rate of change
in agricultural transport demand has been revised to reflect the
downward trend in baseline non-energy emissions.

Results:

The below chart breaks down emissions within the Agricultural
sector by source. While energy emissions (from agricultural
transport, given that agricultural heat is decarbonised by 2020)
remain relatively constant throughout the period and amount to
around 0.6
MtCO2e, non-energy emissions fall by over 9%
between 2020 and 2032.